The Golden Chain An Anthology of Pythagorean

The goal of the ancient philosophers was to understand how to live in harmony with nature and to transcend the limitations imposed by sense experience and discursive reasoning.

Foreword by John F. Finamore

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Introduction by Algis Uzdavinys

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PART I TRADITIONAL ACCOUNTS ON THE LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF PYTHAGORAS

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1. Anonymous The Life of Pythagoras

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2. Diogenes Laertius The Life of Pythagoras

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3. Porphyry The Life of Pythagoras

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4. Iamblichus On the Pythagorean Life

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PART II TESTIMONIES OF PYTHAGOREAN AND NEOPYTHAGOREAN TRADITION

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1. The Golden Verses of Pythagoras

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2. Pythagorean Sentences:

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i. The Sentences of Sextus the Pythagorean

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ii. Pythagorean Sentences from Iamblichus

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iii. Pythagorean Sentences from Stobaeus

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iv. Pythagorean Sentences from Clement of Alexandria

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3. Fragments of Philolaus

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4. Pythagorean Pseudepigrapha:

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i. Fragments of Archytas

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ii. Timaeus of Locri On the World and the Soul

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iii. Theages On the Virtues

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iv. Euryphamus Concerning Human Life

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v. Crito On Prudence and Prosperity

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PART III PLATO: PHILOSOPHY AS THE REGROWTH OF WINGS

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1. Plato's Dialogues and Letters:

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i. Seventh Letter

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ii. Timaeus

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iii. Phaedrus

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iv. Phaedo

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v. Theaetetus

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vi. Symposium

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PART IV NEOPLATONIC HERMENEUTICS AND THE WAY TO GOD

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1. Porphyry On the Life of Plotinus

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2. Plotinus Enneads

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3. Porphyry Letter to Marcella

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4. Iamblichus Exhortation to Philosophy

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5. Iamblichus On the Mysteries of the Egyptians

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6. Hierocles Commentary on. the Golden Verses

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7. Hermeias Commentary on Plato's Phaedrus

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8. Marinus Proclus or About Happiness

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9. Proclus Commentary on Plato's Alcibiades I

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10. Proclus Theology of Plato

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11. Proclus Commentary otn the Timaeus of Plato

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12. Proclus Commentary on the Chaldean Oracles

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13. Proclus Commentary on Plato's Parmenides

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14. Damascius Commentary on Plato's Phaedo

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15. Damascius On the First Principles

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Glossary

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Select Bibliography for Further Reading

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Biographical Notes

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Index

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The Golden Chain An Anthology of Pythagorean and Platonic Philosophy

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